> You might as well also have described the Catholic Church in your post, but the Vatican is still kicking. The church used to play a vastly more important rol

> You might as well also have described the Catholic Church in your post, but the Vatican is still kicking. The church used to play a vastly more important role in society than it does today… something for universities to ponder now that repositories of knowledge and communities that formed around such are no longer bound behind their walls and the churches walls before that…